Presenter:Sheldon Jones

Common Core Standards (CCS) were developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.

Content standards must be reviewed by the state once every seven years.

CCS were approved for adoption by BESE in 2010.

CCS are endorsed by Dell, State Farm, the U.S. Army, ACT, and Boeing.

CCS is embedded in rigorous content and application of knowledge through HOTS.

CCS address ELA and Mathematics only.

The Next Generation Science Standards are under development. A draft will be available for review in 2012.

National Standards for Social Studies have already been revised by a committee of educators. They will be implemented in 2014-2015.

College and career readiness Cross-content literacy Collaboration

Reading Writing Speaking and Listening (highly emphasized) Language

Students will be required to read more challenging text.

In Fall 2012, we will receive a Crosswalk and Grade Level Content Comparison Report.

In 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, we will follow the Transitional Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum (LCC) in ELA and Mathematics.

The LDOE will identify the GLEs in our current curriculum that best align to those in the CCS.

There will be no change to assessments for 2011-2012.

Students in Grades 3-8 will take the Transitional iLEAP and LEAP in 2012-2013 and 2013-2014.

The Transitional iLEAP and LEAP will be aligned to the Transitional LCC.

In 2014-2015, we will take the national assessments developed by the Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness (PARCC).

Through-Course assessments will be given in 1-3 administrations.

End-of-Year assessments will be based on 90% of instruction delivered during the year.

Grades 3-5 will take pencil and paper tests. Grades 6-12 will test online.

During 2012-2014, we will participate in item tryouts and field tests.

The LDOE will align ACT 54 (Value Added Performance Evaluation) to the new assessments.

1 (877) 453-2721 commoncore@la.gov